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Re: [school-discuss] Re: Linux Terminal Server



On Sunday 04 April 2004 11:38 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 08:46:31AM -0500, Jason Yeoman 
(jyeoman@bhncdsb.edu.on.ca) wrote:
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> > Hi Emilio,
> >
> > We have been beta testing the K-12 Linux Terminal server project and it's
> > very simple to setup.  The web site is http://www.k12ltsp.org/
> >
> > Once you download the CD's you simply install on a server (the more ram
> > and higher processor speed the better).  It sounds like you need boot
> > disks which are included with the server.  The website has support and
> > documentation.
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> Does anyone have current server recommendations?  The existing docs are
> from the 2000 timeframe.  Or 1.5 Moore's epochs ago.  Which would argue
> for about 1-2 GiB and 1.7 - 3.4 GHz on a 4-5 spindle RAID5 filesystem,
> if my ballpark is accurate.
>
> I'm looking at a server for 10-30 clients (growing out the system).
>
For this amount I would recommend:
Dual CPU at at least 2Ghz
2 Gb RAM
SCSI hard drive at 15,000 RPM of a size relevant to store requirements
Gigabit NIC

This could be self built for around £1000
regards
garry